Specialist Mining Equip East
BHP
About BHP
At BHP we support our people to grow, learn, develop their skills and reach their potential. With a global portfolio of operations, we offer a diverse and inclusive environment with extraordinary career opportunities. Our strategy is to focus on creating a safe work environment where our employees feel strongly connected to our values and objectives, and where the capability of our people is key to our success.
Come and be a part of this success.
About the Role
- Trusted partner to operational stakeholder in respect of contract management
- Detailed understanding of their portfolio of contracts including technical knowledge, demand analysis, spend analysis
- Works collaboratively across Supply (Region, Global and across sub-functions) and operational stakeholders across Australia to manage high value/high risk contracts
- Business partnering approach to supplier management
- Driving and coaching suppliers, Contract Owners and Contract Owner Representatives to optimize supplier performance within the contract framework and help achieve supply
- supported targets through continuous improvement initiatives
- Pursuing operational and commercial excellence through continuous improvement
- Contribute to achieving Supply performance targets
- Builds trusted relationships and effectively influences key asset and functional stakeholders to deliver required work outcomes
- Contributes to a positive team culture across Category Management
- Assists Manager Category Management and Principals to manage portfolio risks and governance requirements
- Highly values being part of a team and enjoys collaboration
- Contributes to category strategy development and appropriate sourcing activities
- All contract portfolio accountabilities including contract extensions and contract variations
Core Accountabilities
- Execution excellence across Supply’s accountabilities, including operational and commercial Supply KPIs and our Contract Management Framework with a focus on end-to-end contract management including contract mobilization and handover to operational Contract Owners and rectifying non-conformances to contract
- Proactive administration and management of contracts, inclusive of KPI reporting, spend analytics, identification of scope creep, and off-contract spend
- Maintaining collaborative relationships with key stakeholders to become a highly valued contract expert, trusted with commercial support, negotiations and on-going contract management
- Driving and coaching suppliers and Contract Owners to optimize supplier performance within the contract framework
- Pursuing operational and commercial excellence through continuous improvement to help achieve supply supported targets and demand savings opportunities
- Applying sound commercial judgement around application of contractual terms.
- Maintaining accurate and comprehensive contract data in GCMS
- Proactive management of the commercial terms of the contract including price reviews and periodic review meetings
- Amending contracts as required including updating or expanding scopes of services and schedules of materials, manage contract extensions in line with FLR requirements
- Lead or support direct tendering, negotiation & implementation of local sourcing requirements
- Proactively share replicable contract management opportunities with internal stakeholders across contracts, categories and assets to drive continuous improvement
- Participate and support activities to ensure Supply delivers on our Business Plan including Department and Global KPIs
- Develop and implement advanced commercial techniques to leverage value creation opportunities
About You
To be successful:
- Pragmatic commercial outlook and exemplary judgement (balances business value vs.risk) to deliver best outcome
- Demonstrated experience with contract law and/or contract management
- Collaborative mind-set and advanced interpersonal skills
- Highly capable in building constructive long term relationships
- Ability to think laterally to independently resolve issues and influence change
- Autonomous, detail oriented, organized, and objective
- Identify risks and appropriate control options
About Our Process
At BHP, we are committed to employing individuals who align with the BHP Charter Values and meet the requirements of the role. As part of the recruitment process, there are a number of checks which may be conducted to demonstrate applicants suitability for a role including police / criminal background checks, medical, drug and alcohol testing, due diligence checks, right to work checks, and/or reference checks.
To ensure the safety and wellbeing of our people, BHP requires employees in Australia to be fully vaccinated against Covid-19 in line with BHP’s Covid Policy and any relevant State health directives. If you are applying for a role at BHP please consider this requirement when submitting your application. BHP will also adhere to any relevant health directives that may be made that affects our workforce.
Supporting a Diverse Workforce
The size and magnitude of our business not only provides significant opportunity for professional development, but also attractive salary packages with performance-based bonuses and a unique BHP employee share program.
At BHP, we recognise that we are strengthened by diversity. We are committed to providing a work environment in which everyone is included, treated fairly and with respect. We are an Equal Opportunity employer and we encourage applications from women and Indigenous people. We know there are many aspects of our employees' lives that are important, and work is only one of these, so we offer benefits to enable your work to fit with your life. These benefits include flexible working options, a generous paid parental leave policy, other extended leave entitlements and parent rooms.